Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 18 minutes ago

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This video shows how to fit and attach clothing to an already-rigged character. The example character uses a Rigify rig, but any type of rig will work.

Steps:
SETTING UP A TEST ANIMATION
FITTING THE CLOTHING
ATTACHING THE CLOTHING
WEIGHT PAINTING
HIDING THE BODY - TECHNIQUE 1
HIDING THE BODY - TECHNIQUE 2

This tutorial uses blender 3.12





00:00:00 Intro
00:00:23 SETTING UP A TEST ANIMATION
00:08:50 FITTING THE CLOTHING
00:10:54 Mask
00:14:80 Shrinkwrap
00:21:04 ATTACHING THE CLOTHING (parent)
00:22:05 Transfer weights
00:23:50 WEIGHT PAINTING
00:40:26 Attach Dress
00:52:31 Attach Shoes
00:56:12 HIDING THE BODY - TECHNIQUE 1
00:57:42 HIDING THE BODY - TECHNIQUE 2
01:01:00 Close




Plugins Used:
MESH: F2
NODE WRANGLER
EDIT MESH TOOLS
MESH: EXTRA OBJECTS
MESH: LOOPTOOLS

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